Garbine Muguruza beats Venus Williams to clinch her first Wimbledon title
Muguruza beat Venus 7-5 6-0.
What looked like a classic Wimbledon final after the first set turned into an anti-climax when Muguruza won the second, and the championship, 6-0 in 26 minutes on a challenge in front of a stunned Centre Court crowd.
"It was my hardest match today,"said Muguruza, as former Spanish king Juan Carlos watched from the royal box.
"I grew up watching her play."
Williams' stunning collapse in the second set capped an emotional few weeks for the former top-ranked American, who had been involved in a car crash last month at home in Florida in which a man eventually died.
On July 8, Florida police said a newly surfaced video showed Williams "was acting lawfully" when she steered her car into a crossing before the fatal collision with another car on June 9, the Reuters news agency reported at the time.
"I try to do the same things you do, but I think there will be other opportunities";Venus said, when asked if she missed her sister and last year's winner, Serena Williams, who is at home awaiting the birth of her first child.
She'll be back 👏— BBC Tennis (@bbctennis) July 15, 2017
Venus Williams had a lovely message for her sister Serena #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/5qNQzaQED7
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